Winter = Eat More?

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  • CountryGirl8542
    CountryGirl8542 Posts: 449 Member
    To keep warm at work during the winter, I pedal on an under-desk mini-bike. It's the best space heater I've ever invested in!


    I have heard of these!!! I will have to invest in one! or use it is a weight loss goal reward... thanks!!!
  • CountryGirl8542
    CountryGirl8542 Posts: 449 Member
    For me, abs-o-freakin-lutely. My body starts craving comfort foods and sweets like you wouldn't believe. Wife calls me the winter bear looking to fatten up for hibernation.

    I usually gain 5-10 pounds in the month and a half between Turkey Day and Xmas.

    My man is the same way!
  • CountryGirl8542
    CountryGirl8542 Posts: 449 Member
    Always freezing these days! The only difference to my intake is that my milk consumption has gone up by about 1/2 a cup a day because of all of the good old english breakfast tea that I've been drinking to keep warm. All the more protein I guess!

    As much as I would love to do it like a bear i.e. eat 10000 calories a day for three weeks and then sleep for six months, I don't think we're built for that....although it would be awesome!

    I agree!! Lol
  • sonytomtp
    sonytomtp Posts: 38 Member
    I like the idea of bulking up for the winter, but to respond to the OP directly - to stay warm I usually get more active at home or go for more walks outside. This means I have more calories to eat away at. :tongue:
  • Carol_L
    Carol_L Posts: 296 Member
    It's a balmy -14C here, before the delightful windchill :frown:

    Once this time of year kicks in, I live on a lot of soups, stews, roasts, casseroles and crock pot dishes. Anything that generates extra heat in the house is always a bonus.

    I'm outside when I need to be, and not anymore than I have to. When it starts to get to -40 (again before windchill), it really does take your breath away - quite litterally. I'll take my exercise without the frostbite, thanks.
  • CountryGirl8542
    CountryGirl8542 Posts: 449 Member
    It's a balmy -14C here, before the delightful windchill :frown:

    Once this time of year kicks in, I live on a lot of soups, stews, roasts, casseroles and crock pot dishes. Anything that generates extra heat in the house is always a bonus.

    I'm outside when I need to be, and not anymore than I have to. When it starts to get to -40 (again before windchill), it really does take your breath away - quite litterally. I'll take my exercise without the frostbite, thanks.

    I know that feeling!!! Are you in Northern Canada also?
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    I snow shoe all winter, cold here too
    I love the great outdoors, we are lucky to live in it!
    I do not really eat more,, maybe comfort food like chili and what not
    but I tend to exercise more/
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
    I have no idea if there's some biological reasoning behind it or if it's more psychological,

    I'm thinking there are some pretty solid biological reasons for it. Put your ‘Caveperson Hat” On and think about this. In winter there is less vegetation to eat, and less game to hunt. Winter was a time when food sources normally get scarce. Our bodies are primed to be living 15,000 years ago still think this way. We sub-consciously still think we need to fatten up in order to have a better chance to survive the winter. Along those same lines; fat helps insulate us and keep us warm.

    Problem is, if you can read this internet site. These aren’t issues you have to worry about anymore. So it does take a little bit of self control. But I think it fully explains why during the fall and winter we like to eat more, eat more calorie dense foods. Where as in the spring and summer it’s more about light foods, and less calorie dense foods.

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